Nicos Hadjikiriakos-Ghika

Lot 133: NICOS HADJIKIRIAKOS-GHIKA

Name: NICOS HADJIKIRIAKOS-GHIKA
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 519e86c779

Est: £80,000 GBP - £120,000 GBP

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 11, 2012

Item Overview

Description

PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
GREEK
1906-1994
NOCTURNAL HYDRA
signed and dated Ghika 67 lower left; signed, dated and titled Ghika 1967 / Nocturnal Hydra on the reverse
oil on canvas
60.5 by 92cm., 23¾ by 36¼in.

Artist or Maker

Nicos Hadjikiriakos-Ghika

Literature

Dora Iliopoulou-Rogan, N. Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, The Apollonian- The Dionysian, 1906-1994, exh. cat., Benaki Museum, Athens, 2006, no. 255, p. 150, illustrated
Kleanthi-Christina Valkana, Nicos Hadjikiriakos-Ghika, Paintings, Athens, 2011 [2012], p. 301, no. 377

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by the parents of the present owner by the early 1970s

Auction Details

European Paintings

Sotheby's

June 11, 2012, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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